Someone who is deferential is polite and respectful towards someone else.
例句
They like five-star hotels and deferential treatment.他們喜歡五星級的賓館和畢恭畢敬的接待。...the traditional requirement for Asian women to be submissive and deferential to men.亞洲婦女要對男人順從和恭敬的傳統(tǒng)要求
英漢詞典釋義
adj.
恭敬的
showing an excessively deferential manner表現(xiàn)出非常恭敬的舉止